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The seed that became Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC) was planted back in 1995, when Robert Turner and Peter Hayes met as high-schoolers in San Francisco. By 1999, BRMC. had recorded a polished 16-track demo that began making the rounds (they sold all 500 copies at their shows) and relocated to Los Angeles. Local radio KCRW gave the band its their initial airplay, but soon interest in the band spread across the Atlantic, where BBC Sheffield named the demo their "Record of the Week." After a short U.S. tour with the Dandy Warhols, the band entered the studio and produced a self-titled debut, which was issued in March 2001. Two years later, the trio returned with a slicker edge; Take Them on, on Your Own appeared in September 2003. They severed ties with Virgin Records eight months later. A deal with RCA surfaced within months, and the acoustic, Americana-influenced Howl arrived in August 2005. The band moved back to the loud rock & roll approach favored on their first two albums with 2007's Baby 81.